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<p class=MsoNormal>Colleagues/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>eCAT: Online Electronic Lab Notebook For Scientific Research
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Nigel H Goddard , Rory Macneil and Jonathan Ritchie /
Automated Experimentation 2009 / 1:4 / doi:10.1186/1759-4499-1-4
/ Published: 29 October 2009 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Abstract (provisional)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Background<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>eCAT is an electronic lab notebook (ELN) developed by Axiope
Limited. It is the first online ELN, the first ELN to be developed in close
collaboration with lab scientists, and the first ELN to be targeted at
researchers in non-commercial institutions. [snip]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Results<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>[snip] More than 100 individuals and groups worldwide then
participated in the beta testing between September 2008 and June 2009. The
generally positive response is reflected in the following quote about how one
lab is making use of eCAT: "Everyone uses it as an electronic notebook, so
they can compile the diverse collections of data that we generate as
biologists, such as images and spreadsheets. We use to it to take minutes of
meetings. We also use it to manage our common stocks of antibodies, plasmids and
so on. Finally, perhaps the most important feature for us is the ability to
link records, reagents and experiments."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Conclusions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>By developing eCAT in close collaboration with lab
scientists, Axiope has come up with a practical and easy to use product that
meets the need of scientists to manage, store and share data online. eCAT is
already being perceived as a product that labs can continue to use as their
data management and sharing grows in scale and complexity. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The complete article is [now] available as a provisional PDF
/ The fully formatted PDF and HTML versions are in production [10-29-09]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Links To The Full (Provisional) Abstract And The Full
(Provisional) Article Available From <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>[ <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yjo9bco">http://tinyurl.com/yjo9bco</a>
]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>!!! Thanks To / Garrett Eastman / Librarian / Rowland
Institute at Harvard / For The HeadsUp !!! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>BTW: As I've Previously Noted >>> The Future Of
Research And Scholarship > The Paradigms They Are A-Changin' > Open
/ Semantic / Social / Mobile [ <a href="http://tinyurl.com/pwp8nf">http://tinyurl.com/pwp8nf</a>
]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>/Gerry <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Gerry McKiernan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Science and Technology Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Iowa State University Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Ames IA 50011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>gerrymck@iastate.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined
'Cyberspace<o:p></o:p></p>
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